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In the year 1982
519 Notable deaths
Stanford Moore
U.s. biochemist (1913-1982).
Born September 4th, 1913 in Chicago.
Died August 23rd, 1982 at 68 years old in New York City.
Manos Loïzos
Greek composer.
Born October 22nd, 1937 in Alexandria.
Died September 17th, 1982 at 44 years old in Moscow (stroke).
Viktor Glushkov
Soviet mathematician (1923-1982).
Born August 24th, 1923 in Rostov-on-Don.
Died January 30th, 1982 at 58 years old in Moscow.
Maria Jeritza
Czech opera singer (1887-1982).
Born October 6th, 1887 in Brno. [ref]
Died July 10th, 1982 at 94 years old in Orange. [ref]
Nikolai Kamanin
Soviet aviator and military commander (1908-1982).
Born October 18th, 1908 in Melenki.
Died March 11th, 1982 at 73 years old in Moscow.
Salomon Bochner
American mathematician, known for work in mathematical analysis, probability theory and differential geometry.
Born August 20th, 1899 in Podgórze, Kraków. [ref]
Died May 2nd, 1982 at 82 years old in Houston. [ref]
Hugo Theorell
Biochemist (1903-1982).
Born July 6th, 1903 in Linköping cathedral. [ref]
Died August 15th, 1982 at 79 years old in Stockholm.
Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald
German paleontologist (1902-1982).
Born November 13th, 1902 in Berlin. [ref]
Died July 10th, 1982 at 79 years old in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe. [ref]
Jay Laurence Lush
American geneticist (1896-1982).
Born January 3rd, 1896 in Shambaugh.
Died May 22nd, 1982 at 86 years old
Humphrey Searle
English composer (1915-1982).
Born August 26th, 1915 in Oxford. [ref]
Died May 12th, 1982 at 66 years old in London. [ref]
Deaths 271 to 280 of 519
Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. Helen Keller (Remember that Helen Keller was blind)